Self-Organising Floor Plans in Care Homes

Self-Organising Floor Plans in Care Homes

This paper presents and discusses an optimisation approach applied to spatial layouts in care home building design. With this study, we introduce a method for increasing the floor plan efficiency using a self-organising genetic algorithm, thus reducing energy consumption, improving the wellbeing of...

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Main Authors: Silvio Carta, Stephanie St. Loe, Tommaso Turchi, Joel Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
care homes
spatial layouts
care home design
generative design
genetic algorithms
agent-based simulation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/11/4393

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